Sir James Gibson, 1st Baronet
Sir James Puckering Gibson, 1st Baronet (14 August 1849 – 11 January 1912), was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1906-9 and Liberal MP for Edinburgh East from 1909 to 1912.
Background
He was a son of Thomas Gibson, JP. He was educated at the Edinburgh Institution and Edinburgh University. He married, in 1874, Miss Potter of Barton Park, Derby. They had no children. He was created a Baronet in 1909.[1][2] From 1880 until his death he lived at 33 Regent Terrace.[3]
Professional career
He was a Member of the Edinburgh Merchant Company and the Edinburgh Chamber of Commerce.
Political career
Lord Provost, Edinburgh, 1906–09. He was the successful Liberal candidate for the Edinburgh East Division at the Edinburgh East by-election, 1909.
He sat until his death in 1912 aged 62.[4]
He is buried on the north side of the main east-west path in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh under a large pale grey granite obelisk.
Election results
| Edinburgh East by-election, 1909[5]
Electorate 11,710 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Puckering Gibson | 4,527 | 52.7 | -20.4 | |
| Liberal Unionist | Patrick Johnstone Ford | 4,069 | 47.3 | +20.4 | |
| Majority | 5.4 | -40.8 | |||
| Turnout | 73.4 | -4.7 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -20.4 | |||
| General Election January 1910: Edinburgh East[6]
Electorate 12,544 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir James Puckering Gibson | 6,760 | 61.3 | ||
| Liberal Unionist | Patrick Johnstone Ford | 4,273 | 38.7 | ||
| Majority | 2,487 | 22.6 | +17.2 | ||
| Turnout | 88.0 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election December 1910: Edinburgh East[7]
Electorate 12,620 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | Sir James Puckering Gibson | 6,436 | 63.0 | ||
| Conservative | R.M. Cameron | 3,782 | 37.0 | ||
| Majority | 2,654 | 26.0 | |||
| Turnout | 81.0 | -7.0 | |||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28312. p. 8934. 26 November 1909.
- ↑ ‘GIBSON, Sir James Puckering’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 27 Jan 2014
- ↑ Mitchell , Anne (1993), “The People of Calton Hill”, Mercat Press, James Thin, Edinburgh, ISBN 1-873644-18-3.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
- ↑ British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir James Gibson
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Sir George McCrae |
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh East 1909 – 1912 |
Succeeded by James Myles Hogge |